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Permanent heads of the departments of the Parliament

The Department of the Senate
Clerk of the Senate Period of service
Blackmore, Edwin Gordon, CMG 1.4.1901 – 30.6.1908
Boydell, Charles Broughton 1.7.1908 – 31.12.1916
Duffy, Charles Gavan, CMG, LLB 1.2.1917 – 27.8.1920
Monahan, George Henry, CMG 28.8.1920 – 31.12.1938
Broinowski, Robert Arthur 1.1.1939 – 30.11.1942
Edwards, John Ernest 1.12.1942 – 20.7.1955
Loof, Rupert Harry Colin, CBE, BComm 21.7.1955 – 14.8.1965
Odgers, James Rowland, CBE 16.8.1965 – 8.8.1979
Bullock, Roy Edwards, OBE 9.8.1979 – 15.7.1981
Bradshaw, Keith Oscar 29.10.1980 – 15.7.1982
Cumming Thom, Alan Ritchie, BA, LLB 16.7.1982 – 15.2.1988
Evans, Harry, BA, DipLib 17.2.1988 –
The Department of the House of Representatives
Clerk of the House of Representatives Period of service
Jenkins, Sir George Henry, CMG (later Sir George) 1.5.1901 – 6.7.1901 (Acting)
Duffy, Charles Gavan, CMG, LLB 8.7.1901 – 31.1.1917
Gale, Walter Augustus, CMG 1.2.1917 – 27.7.1927
McGregor, John Robert 1.9.1927 – 28.9.1927
Parkes, Ernest William, CMG 27.10.1927 – 22.3.1937
Green, Frank Clifton, MC (later CBE) 23.3.1937 – 25.6.1955
Tregear, Albert Allan, BComm, AASA (later CBE) 27.6.1955 – 31.12.1958
Turner, Alan George, CBE (later Sir Alan) 1.1.1959 – 10.12.1971
Parkes, Norman James, CBE, AASA 11.12.1971 – 31.12.1976
Pettifer, John Athol, CBE, BComm, AASA 1.1.1977 – 15.7.1982
Blake, Douglas Maurice, VRD (later AM) 16.7.1982 – 30.7.1985
Browning, Alan Robert 31.7.1985 – 22.3.1991
Barlin, Lyndal McAlpin, AM 23.3.1991 – 26.7.1997
Harris, Ian Charles, BA(Hons), MA, DipEd 27.7.1997 –
The Department of Parliamentary Services*
Secretary Period of service
Penfold, Hilary, QC, BA, LLB (Hons), PSM 1.2.2004 -
The Joint House Department
Secretary Period of service
Upward, George Edward* 26.6.1901 – 30.6.1908
Monahan, George Henry† 1.7.1908 – 27.8.1920
U’Ren, Fred‡ 28.8.1920 – 29.12.1930
Broinowski, Robert Arthur‡ 30.12.1930 – 31.12.1938
Edwards, John Ernest‡ 1.1.1939 – 30.11.1942
Tregear, Albert Allan, BComm, CBE§ 1.12.1942 – 1.8.1945
Loof, Rupert Harry Colin, BComm, CBE‡ 2.8.1945 – 9.12.1954
Emerton, Walter Ian, ISO 9.12.1954 – 20.5.1966
Turner, Alan George, CBEll 21.5.1966 – 12.9.1968
Hillyer, Richard William, ACA 13.9.1968 – 2.2.1979
Donnelly, Edward Joseph 14.2.1979 – 26.3.1980
Burrell, Ronald Lewis 27.3.1980 – 30.7.1980 (Acting)
Jorgensen, James Murray 17.7.1980 – 11.9.1986
Foley, James William 27.2.1986 – 21.9.1986 (Acting)
Bolton, Michael William, BA 12.9.1986 – 31.1.2004
The Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff
Secretary (Principal Parliamentary Reporter) Period of service
Friend, Benjamin Harry, ISO 1.4.1901 – 10.7.1923
Robinson, Charles Herbert Palmer 11.7.1923 – 12.9.1933
Weatherston, Joseph Stewart 13.9.1933 – 30.11.1940
Romans, George Henry 1.12.1940 – 30.11.1946
Adams, Arthur Percy 1.12.1946 – 9.4.1948
Campbell, William John McIntyre 10.4.1948 – 12.4.1957
O’Donnell, Leo David 13.4.1957 – 2.4.1963
Dale, William Edmund 3.4.1963 – 5.2.1964
Healy, Aloysius Kelly 6.2.1964 – 17.6.1968
Bridgman, William John, OBE 18.6.1968 – 12.8.1976
Ingram, Kenneth Ross 13.8.1976 – 10.11.1976 (Acting), 11.11.1976 – 18.12.1978
Kerr, John Fairbanks 19.12.1978 – 20.2.1981
Roberts, James William 21.2.1981 – 1.1.1985
Campbell, John Martin 2.1.1985 – 14.3.1990
Templeton, John William, BA, MSc (Econ) 15.3.1990 – 5.12.2003
Bolton, Michael William, BA 6.12.2003 - 31.1.2004 (Acting)
The Department of the Parliamentary Library
Secretary (Parliamentary Librarian) Period of service
Wadsworth, Arthur 1.7.1901 – 31.12.1927
Binns, Kenneth 1.1.1928 – 27.11.1947
White, Harold Leslie (later Sir Harold), CBE, MA, FLAA FAHA, FASSA 28.11.1947 – 31.12.1967
Fleming, Allan Percy, CBE, OBE, MID, BA 1.1.1968 – 1.6.1970
Moore, Andrew Leslie, OBE, MA, BEd 2.6.1970 – 12.7.1978
Weir, Harold Gibson, BA, LTh, AASA, MAPsS, MBPsS, JP 13.7.1978 – 17.8.1978 (Acting), 18.8.1978 – 9.9.1981
MacLean, Hillas de Sailley Cecil, BA, MLS, FNZLA 9.7.1981 – 8.12.1982 (Acting), 9.12.1982 – 31.1.1992
Templeton, John William, BA, MSc (Econ) 16.9.1991 - 5.12.2003 (Acting)
Bolton, Michael William, BA 6.12.2003 - 31.1.2004 (Acting)

* Usher of the Black Rod and Clerk of Committees.
† Usher of the Black Rod and Clerk of Committees to 30.6.1915. Clerk-Assistant of the Senate from 1.7.1915.
‡ Clerk-Assistant of the Senate.
§ Clerk-Assistant of the House of Representatives.
ll Clerk of the House of Representatives.
*The Department of Parliamentary Services was established with effect from 1.2.2004, replacing the former Joint House Department, Department of the Parliamentary Library and Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff.
 

 

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